Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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